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Weekend Plans
Nov. 4th, 2011 12:12 pmTime to get organized, here.
Plans for the weekend:
Track down the Bryan First Friday Ride. It's supposed to go from the Texas A&M campus to downtown Bryan, meaning that it probably follows routes that are very similar to my commute to and from campus (and to and from downtown Bryan). I'm mostly curious to see if people are showing up for it, because it's the kind of ride that should attract "social" riders, not just crazyhardcore folks.
While in Bryan, I'm thinking I should check out Burr's Unfinished Furniture. What I'd really like to know is, why was I never able to find an unfinished furniture shop in the Phoenix area? It was so darned hard to find furniture made of real wood, there. If prices are good at Burr's, I may start accumulating bookshelves so I can finally unpack my books.
Saturday: Grocery trips over to the farmer's market and Village Foods, stop somewhere to get a fire extinguisher and dropcloths (for paint stripping), maybe a stop in at thrift stores, then time at home working on the doors. In the evening, there's a belated Halloween party, so I should track down some costume items at some point as well.
When the doors are finished, I think I'd like to build a couple of cold frame boxes as well. The sticking point will inevitably be figuring out the glass. I think I can say, now, that![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
scrottie has been talking about building a greenhouse out of old windows for years. The theory is that when people replace their windows, they leave a big pile of old windows sitting out by the curb. Then, an opportunistic person comes along and stockpiles them until there are enough to build some sort of greenhouse structure.
If I lived up in Washington, I suspect that I could find such windows. I have never seen any such piles in Arizona, and I lacked the means to transport them anyway. This is a very hit-or-miss method. I've found one hit on Craigslist, but what if these have lead paint on them? Also, it seems like I may be able to build window frames for cheaper than these ones, if they're being sold at $30/window (that is, if I can find good instructions, and if I can cobble together the necessary tools for the job). I'm starting to feel the same way about building wooden raised-beds. I built a couple of planter boxes in AZ out of pallet wood, but they started to fall apart after a year of use, and I later found out that pallet wood is often treated with arsenic. I may just have to suck it up and buy new lumber, focusing on wood types that can be grown more-or-less sustainably (i.e. no old-growth hardwoods).
So, perhaps on Sunday I'll go back over to the Bryan Public Library, to see what they've got in the way of books on building windowframes. And maybe I'll go back over to the Home Despot to start pricing out supplies. In any case, I'll need to do something soon for the cold-wimp plants in the garden. It got down to 35 degrees Fahrenheit last night, and the wind isn't helping matters, either.
Plans for the weekend:
Track down the Bryan First Friday Ride. It's supposed to go from the Texas A&M campus to downtown Bryan, meaning that it probably follows routes that are very similar to my commute to and from campus (and to and from downtown Bryan). I'm mostly curious to see if people are showing up for it, because it's the kind of ride that should attract "social" riders, not just crazyhardcore folks.
While in Bryan, I'm thinking I should check out Burr's Unfinished Furniture. What I'd really like to know is, why was I never able to find an unfinished furniture shop in the Phoenix area? It was so darned hard to find furniture made of real wood, there. If prices are good at Burr's, I may start accumulating bookshelves so I can finally unpack my books.
Saturday: Grocery trips over to the farmer's market and Village Foods, stop somewhere to get a fire extinguisher and dropcloths (for paint stripping), maybe a stop in at thrift stores, then time at home working on the doors. In the evening, there's a belated Halloween party, so I should track down some costume items at some point as well.
When the doors are finished, I think I'd like to build a couple of cold frame boxes as well. The sticking point will inevitably be figuring out the glass. I think I can say, now, that
scrottie has been talking about building a greenhouse out of old windows for years. The theory is that when people replace their windows, they leave a big pile of old windows sitting out by the curb. Then, an opportunistic person comes along and stockpiles them until there are enough to build some sort of greenhouse structure. If I lived up in Washington, I suspect that I could find such windows. I have never seen any such piles in Arizona, and I lacked the means to transport them anyway. This is a very hit-or-miss method. I've found one hit on Craigslist, but what if these have lead paint on them? Also, it seems like I may be able to build window frames for cheaper than these ones, if they're being sold at $30/window (that is, if I can find good instructions, and if I can cobble together the necessary tools for the job). I'm starting to feel the same way about building wooden raised-beds. I built a couple of planter boxes in AZ out of pallet wood, but they started to fall apart after a year of use, and I later found out that pallet wood is often treated with arsenic. I may just have to suck it up and buy new lumber, focusing on wood types that can be grown more-or-less sustainably (i.e. no old-growth hardwoods).
So, perhaps on Sunday I'll go back over to the Bryan Public Library, to see what they've got in the way of books on building windowframes. And maybe I'll go back over to the Home Despot to start pricing out supplies. In any case, I'll need to do something soon for the cold-wimp plants in the garden. It got down to 35 degrees Fahrenheit last night, and the wind isn't helping matters, either.
